B1 – Lesson 38 – Past Simple and Past Perfect – Test

Choose the correct way to complete the sentences below:

• When I got to the party Stephanie left already / had already leaved / had already left so I didn’t see her.

Choose the correct way to complete the sentences below:

• My grandfather speaks / spoke / had spoken Italian well because he had lived in Milan as a child.

Choose the correct way to complete the sentences below:

• I leaved / left / had left my umbrella at home so I got soaking wet in the rain.

Choose the correct way to complete the sentences below:

• My grandmother really didn’t want / hadn’t wanted / not wanted / to move house because she had lived there all her life.

Choose the correct way to complete the sentences below:

• When I got home late my husband was furious because I hadn’t phoned / didn’t phone / had phoned  to tell him where I was.

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

• I was disappointed that I didn’t get the job because I thought the interview had gone well.

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

• When my boss joined the company I was there for two years.

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

• I was worried about my son because he had never been away from home before.

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

• By the time I got to the cinema the film started.

Is this sentence correct or incorrect?

• Before I spoke to my neighbour I saw him in the street lots of times.